Happy Mother's Day Give-Away!

Happy Mother's Day Everyone!!!  

I hope you all have a great and relaxing day!

In honor of Mother's Day, I thought I would offer a give away to all my wonderful followers!  

This is particularly significant if you enjoy embroidery as much as I do.  

Some of you know that I have been collecting old embroidery patterns for ages and was fortunate to inherit some from my grandmothers as well.  Well recently I acquired a bag of vintage transfers from a friend's family member:

I weighed the bag, it is over 2 lbs of transfers!   We want to see that they go to a good home.  No, I won't even look in the bag because it is too tempting and I promised my husband I would pass it on, not store it.....

 Because I love sunbonnets, I will even add some sunbonnets to the mix:

Of course there will be the usual addition of fat quarters and thread for the winner but mostly I want someone who loves embroidery to take the bag.  How to win?  Just leave a comment on this thread if you are a follower of the blog...maybe tell me how old you were when you began embroidering!  Winner will be chosen on May 15, my son Peter's birthday...because he made a Mama out of me;  I even went into labor on Mother's Day!

Good luck and have a wonderful day!

Show time!

I love quilt shows, it's like being a kid again and going to the county fair.  So here are some of my bargains from the Colonial Show: 

Three Antique/Vintage Quilt tops:

This star one I think I am going to finish.  I love the happy colors in it!  Also...check out my new rug, tried to get part of it in the pic ;)

This top is adorable, isn't it?  There are 56 blocks already made up; all were done by hand.  I think I might make two smaller quilts out of it because I have some of the peach and blue polka dotted fabric.  There is actually enough fans to make some more blocks but I don't see making it bigger, I see making it smaller.  Anyway, I love it!
I also got a crazy quilt.  It was very reasonable because it was in tough condition, but it had these intriguing squares.  I'm guessing they were cigarette silks--

He's having a swell tell time.  

Notice the jug has "Water" on it.  Not sure if this an ironic wink at the Temperance movement or based on something else like a joke (noticed well is underlined) or political innuendo.

May we kiss whom we please and please whom we kiss!

 "Catch me if you can" is actually embroidered.

today's happiness in the garden...

The last tulips of the spring are beginning to fade and the rose bushes are full of buds.  This weekend the weigela began blooming!

My garden happiness today is actually Denise's garden.  I was mowing and looked over at her border and thought how perfect it looked right now, so much so that I took two photos of it, doesn't it look restful?

I did some gardening today but after weeks of hard physical work and a quilt show, I'm ready for a break.  Think I will just relax and work on embroidery, at least during the next few rainy days.  I do have a couple of programs to do this week but I can live with everything else for now.  Hope you have a great day!

Quilt Fest 2012!!!

Mom is still at Colonial Quilters Quilt Show!  Fortunately, we have a very nice person named Naomi hanging with us while she is working the show!  We love you Naomi, thanks!

Want a nice visit to a great quilt show?  Head over to the Chrin Community Center at:  4100 Green Pond Rd.,Palmer, PA 18045 (Palmer is near Bethlehem/Easton)

We will be open today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  

So far lots of people have been complimenting our show!  The comments have been mostly focused on the quality of the quilts exhibited (I think over 200 are displayed).  But we also have a great selection of vendors at the show, plus our own boutique which seems to be doing a booming business as well.  Lots of folks carrying big packages of bargains!!!


Anyway, stop on by for a nice visit!  I'm usually at the Appraiser Table, so stop on by and say "Hi!" if you are around! 

Our rugs are coming!

After Christmas, DH encouraged me to buy new rugs for the living room and dining room.   I've wanted some new rugs for some time but could never decide on what to get.  Anyway, I think it was my husband's way to make me feel better after we lost Greta.

So Monday we got a great phone call, the rugs are in early!  I spent all day scrubbing, painting wood work and moving furniture.  They should be coming sometime this morning and I can't wait!!!

Feeling pretty sore these days, my husband is out of the country and I've done all the mulching, placed the fresh stone, and now painted and moved furniture.  Could be worse though, I could be looking at these old rugs for another month.  The oldest one?  Yeh that is from 1978 and we definitely got our moneys worth out of it.

Have a great day!

Happy May Day!

I love May, love the month, love the weather, and the longer days.  My son was born in May; all good things seem to happen in spring and the garden is always fantastic this month.  The pups and I are living outside.  It's raining ever so gently here so I am going to bake cookies for the guild show, get the damp out of the house.  Hope you have a wonderful May Day!

Quiltfest 2012!!!!

It's coming!!!!  Colonial Guild in Bethlehem PA is holding their Quiltfest on Saturday/Sunday, May 5 and 6!!!
For all quilters in the Mid-Atlantic region, this is a great quilt show with a lot of wonderful vendors and 195 quilts on display.  Plus there will be speakers, raffles, lot of great things for all!!!

My "Peter's Cottontail" quilt is going to one of the quilts in the show.

Best of all, the boutique is going to be greatly expanded this year.  There will be fabric, patterns, and tons of things that our guild donated as well as lot of great crafts (and ideas!!!).  This is a great time to stock up on craft supplies...Why not make a day of it and visit us!!!  By the way, I'll be there both days so be sure to say "hi" if you come by (I'll probably be helping at the Appraiser Table).

For more information and directions, visit our website:  http://colonialquilters.org/quiltshow.html

Hope to see you there!

Just checking in...

I've been remiss keeping up the blog this year.  Too much going on here!  Currently, I'm writing the story of a local quiltmaker, two more guild lectures, and getting my collection cataloged.  

The inventory part is the most fun because my Aunt/Sister Kathy comes over to help with the cataloging. Technically Kathy is my aunt but we grew up together and she is more of a big sister to me since she is only 4 years older than me.  Anyway, we make each other laugh while we record, photograph and measure.

This is the "Cuddle Pup Coverlet" which I will be taking out on my program about children's quilts and coverlets.  Listed below is the actual ad from McCall's magazine in the Fall/Winter 1952-53 Catalog.  The wagon has a pocket that you could put a toy in.  There were apparently two patterns, one for crib and one for carriage.  I think this one is the crib cover:

So keep well and I'll be back a bit more hopefully!  Hugs!

Here comes Spring...

I've been having some health issues but am getting back on track now.  I'm still catching up with everyone's blogs (surely that will happen if we get a rainy day).  For now, I'm in the garden and enjoying a new season of happiness.